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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1929
Page
2
Readable text notes a five mile segment on state road 15 in Lincoln County near Beresford. The fragment mentions county lines and a starting point in the south county area.
Madison July 29. Up states that Ti M Hamlin associate professor of vocational education at Iowa State College will address delegates to the South Dakota vocational agriculture instructors conference in Pierre August 8 to 10. Speakers include J A Linke Washington federal agent and Dr G S Weaver State College. The program covers progress in agricultural education animal health supervised practice and building a department program with sessions through August 10.
Belle Fourche July 29 The assessment valuation of property Belle Fourche shows a total of 1 469 875 including real estate and personal property. This marks about a 20 percent increase from the prior valuation of structures in the city and a 25 percent rise in business values.
Engineering notes from A L Fellows of the federal Department of Agriculture describe expected mid August completion of the Wind Gage dam works. The lake forms, attracts travelers, and will exceed the size of Sylvan Lake with a road encircling its shore. Excavation revealed rock layers guiding trenching on both sides as workers build the spillway to handle 2000 cubic feet per second.
Spink county farmers report hail and drought damaging crops yet still invest in new farming equipment. The scene around Mellette shows optimism despite poor rainfall as farmers purchase gear at the county fair.
Wellington report notes 4 H club members gathering at the president Mar Guerite Hultman home. Refreshments were served by Mrs Hultman at the close of the meeting.
Former members of the Home Extension Club hosted a surprise party for Mrs H H Winslow at her Argonne home on July 29. Each guest contributed a casserole and several muslin items were presented to the longtime president in appreciation of her leadership.
The Sully County area suffers ongoing drought with only scattered showers this month. Reported yields include barley about 15 bushels per acre, spring wheat eight, rye around four to thirteen miles southwest of Onida seeing 16 bushels, corn and flax also expected to be light if dry weather persists.
Hyde reports seven teachers taking examinations for first and second grade certificates.
Representatives from Potter and Sully counties attended the Extension program for the coming GRID year. Notable delegates included Miss Aheat, Margret Conklin, Sylvia Newell, and Mrs Wager, chair of Potter county finalize plans to conduct activities in Sully county. Mrs H A Brooking chaired the Sully county clubs session.
Pierre July 29 Special Ship R E Rawlins of the city schools has returned from the University of Iowa summer school at Iowa City where he completed a course entitling him to the degree A Mo
Judge R L Dillman moves from special assistant attorney general role with the railroad commission to private practice in Yankton. His former position is filled by H H Le Bode of Murda.
Several county schools will operate in the next year, with new modifications and a revised program. Officials say several sites will continue to serve residents, reflecting lessons from recent years and plans for improved recitation and instruction.
In Sanhorn county Washington Springs the regraveling of Highway 734 nears completion with work extending from the corner at two and a half miles to the east line. Bridges on the north portion are finished and the project moves toward final surfacing.
A 1919 prospect summarizes copper demand growth through electrification and building use. It notes prewar price peaks and postwar declines, cites four major consumption divisions from the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, and gives 1928 consumption figures for electrical, automobile, building, manufacturing, and export sectors.
A state cream buyers association is to be formed at a statewide meeting in July. Officers will be elected and a constitution adopted. The organizing committee includes C. B. Aldridge, Ke Tennyson, and W. J. Flamming.
Mitchell city council awarded the contract for the retitration plant to Tuttle and Ferguson on July 1. Their bid was about 4200 dollars lower than the next lowest bid. Engineers expect start immediately and complete the project within six months, aiming for year-end completion.
At Flandreau July 29 an unknown person broke several bottles and threw shattered glass into the Big Sioux live bathing beach. Bathers cut their feet badly and local physicians sewed wounds and fitted crutches as officers search for the assailant.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a lightning event and a main chimney, yielding a brief, uncertain item. Names, places, or exact actions are not recoverable, so the card notes a vague weather or fire incident with limited details.
A damaged letter from Yankton discusses a poet philosopher Kerlain and the South Dakota natural park, praising Woodrow Wilson as a war president whose memory would seem incomplete without his solemn figure. The writer signs as Will Chamberlain.
Davis July 29 Neil De Boer a school boy found a registered letter blown from the Davis post office during a tornado wrecking the town last year. The letter contained 350 in unsigned currency and the government with Albert R Lee Co New York City paid the boy 10 percent of the recovered money. De Boer turned the letter over to Davis post office authorities.
Douglas Bard reports a No. 1 grade wheat field near Wessington yielded 13 bushels per acre with a combine harvest. Harvesting nears completion as several combines operate in the area.
The east and west trail running through Conde and Mellette will be gravelled this summer. Work began last summer and several miles east of Mellette were already paved.
The plan outlines completing gravel work from Condy through Br ford to Aberdeen, with routes west to Chelsea, Faulkton, and Redfield. It notes connections to surrounding gravelled roads and mentions Mellette as the completion beneficiary.
In Argonne on July 29 a horse died after enduring extreme heat. The incident occurred during a period of extreme temperatures reaching about 104 degrees, affecting local livestock. Authorities reported the death as a result of the heat wave and are reviewing conditions surrounding the animal.
The Argonne branch manager has resigned his post and plans a move to Canada soon. A new branch manager is expected to start immediately.
The State Highway Board announced bids for paving about six miles on U S Highways No 18 and State No 50 near Canton and Stowe City. Bids close August 26 with work to expand the state's surfaced mileage by about 40 miles.
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